The National Football League is under fire in regards to the epidemic of domestic violence within its ranks; a culture that has gone on for some time and yet little, if anything, was being done about it. But once a video, or two, goes viral, their hand is forced and now the NFL must deal with the issue. It is sad that it has got to this point.

Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis made political and media waves last year after she carried out an 11-hour filibuster on the floor of the Texas State Senate in opposition to a pro-life bill that would ban abortions on unborn children after the 20th week of pregnancy. The bill would eventually pass and be signed into law, but the Democrat senator used it to raise her political capital as a nominee for race for governor of Texas.

Last week, a federal judge upheld Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriage, a break from what had become a movement among many in the judiciary who were taking it upon themselves to rule against what the majority of voters in their respective states democratically enacted.

In the Aug. 27 edition of “Christianity Today,” author and Intervarsity campus minster Tish Warren’s article entitled “The Wrong Kind of Christian,” recounts her experience at Vanderbilt University when the decision was made kick her organization off campus.

Citing charges of so-called “creedal discrimination,” the university’s new policy officially bans any religious group that requires its membership and/or leaders hold to a particular theological conviction.

The public is invited to join the Antioch, Fairview and New Liberty Christian churches as they gather to worship together at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 31. The service will be held at New Liberty Christian located on Ky. 248.

A part of my morning routine is picking up my iPhone and, after silencing the alarm, opening Facebook and Twitter, checking for any news updates that may have been released overnight. The dim light pierces the darkness as I scroll the newsfeeds, reading the headlines from the various sources I follow. It can often lend itself to prayer for these people, places and circumstances.